Nearly five decades later
List nearly five decades later
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nearly five decades later, jones's influence continues to help define the music industry, but only now is he ready to tell his remarkable life storyand the mgs, whose recordings went on to sell millions of copies, win a place in rolling stone's list of top 500 songs of all time, and help forge collaborations with some of the era's most influential artists, including otis redding, wilson pickett, and sam & davethe long-awaited memoir of booker tjones, leader of the famed stax records house band, architect of the memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in musicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretime is tight is the deeply moving account of how jones balanced the brutality of the segregationist south with the loving support of his family and community, all while transforming a burgeoning studio into a musical meccajones's earliest years in segregated memphis, music was the driving force in his lifewhile he worked paper routes and played gigs in local nightclubs to pay for lessons and support his family, jones, on the side, was also recording sessions in what became the famous stax studios-all while still in high schoolnot long after, he would form the genre-defining group booker t
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Oxfam shop chapel street james bond 50 * five decades of james bond 007 * blu-ray * region b * new & sealed all 22 films from drno to quantum of solace see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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"one of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, andrew lloyd webber has reigned over the musical theatre world for nearly five decadesa record of several exciting and turbulent decades of british and american musical theatre and the transformation of popular music itself, unmasked is ultimately a chronicle of artistic creationlloyd webber recalls his bohemian london youth, reminiscing about the happiest place of his childhood, his homemade harrington pavilion-a make-believe world of musical theatre in which he created his earliest entertainmentsin unmasked, written in his own inimitable, quirky voice, the revered, award-winning composer takes stock of his achievements, the twists of fate and circumstance which brought him both success and disappointment, and the passions that inspire and sustain himreflecting a life that included many passions (from architecture to turkish swimming cats), full of witty and revealing anecdotes, and featuring cameo appearances by numerous celebrities-elaine paige, sarah brightman, david frost, julie covington, judi dench, richard branson, arahman, mandy patinkin, patti lupone, richard rodgers, norman jewison, milos forman, plácido domingo, barbra streisand, michael crawford, gillian lynne, betty buckley, and more-unmasked at last reveals the true face of the extraordinary man beneath the storied legendwodehouse and tthe winner of numerous awards, including multiple tonys and an oscar, lloyd webber has enchanted millions worldwide with his music and numerous hit shows, including jesus christ superstar, evita, cats, the phantom of the opera-broadway's longest running show-and most recently, school of rockthe son of a music professor and a piano teacher, lloyd webber reveals his artistic influences, from his idols rodgers and hammerstein and the perfection of south pacific's 'some enchanted evening,' to the pop and rock music of the s and puccini's tosca, to plloyd webber looks back at the development of some of his most famous works and illuminates his collaborations with luminaries such as tim rice, robert stigwood, harold prince, cameron mackintosh, and trevor nunntaking us behind the scenes of his productions, lloyd webber reveals fascinating details about each show, including the rich cast of characters involved with making them, and the creative and logistical challenges and artistic political battles that ensuedlloyd webber shares his recollections of the works that have become cultural touchstones for generations of fans: writings songs for a school production that would become his first hit, joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat; finding the coterie of performers for his classic rock opera jesus christ superstar; developing his first mega-hit, evita, which would win seven tonys awards, including best musical; staking his reputation and fortune on the groundbreaking cats; and making history with the dazzling the phantom of the operasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lichfield "you have the luck of croesus on stilts (as my auntie vi would have said) if you've had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that i have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre
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nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between mariam and a local teenager, laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughteryet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroismwhen the taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to kabul to marry rasheed
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nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between mariam and a local teenager, laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughteryet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroismwhen the taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to kabul to marry rasheed
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Oxfam shop mutley plain 5 decades of james bond in mint condition from dr no to quantum of solace 22 discs set see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: five decades of hitsmissing information?artist: anka,paul
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This is the story of daisy goodwill, from her birth on a kitchen floor in manitoba, canada, to her death in a florida nursing home nearly ninety years laterthrough daisy's life, shields reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century in this rich and poignant novel'the stone diaries' is the story of one woman's life, a truly sensuous novel which relects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our centuryoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award and the governor-general's award, and short-listed for the booker prizesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Since then the teachings of this lineage have flourished and are practiced all around the world--after nearly being losttwo decades later, he walked out of tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the drikung kagyu lineagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ringwood this is the story of a young boy, born in tibet to inherit the role of buddhist lineage holder, whose life was interrupted by the chinese army invasion and the ensuing cultural revolution
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later came the all-female girls on top, which teamed dawn with jennifer saunders, ruby wax and tracy ullman and firmly established women in british comedyoxfam shop elgin dawn french is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, wtih a career that has spanned nearly three decades, encompassing a vast and brilliant array of charactersdawn began her career as part of the groundbreaking alternative comedy group, the comic strip, marking a radical departure from the more traditional comedy acts of the timeloved for her irreverant humour, dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypesas part of the wildly successful and much loved duo french and saunders, dawn helped create a repetoire of brilliantly observed characters, parodying popular culture and impersonating everything from madonna and harry potter to the exorcisthere she describes the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely, but nevertheless genuine, national treasuredawn's more recent role in the vicar of dibley showcased not only her talent but also her ability to take a controversial and topical issue and make it mainstream - and very funnysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom her early years as an raf child and her flat-sharing antics with jennifer saunders, to her outspoken views on sizism and her marriage to lenny henry, dear fatty will chronicle the extraordinary, hilarious rise of a complex, dynamic and unstoppable woman
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David's is a touching, funny, and warm-hearted story, which charts the course of his incredible five decades at the top of the entertainment businessbut life hasn't all been so easy: from missing out on a key role in dad's army to nearly drowning in a freak diving accident, david has had his fair share of ups and downs, and has lost some of his nearest and dearest along the waynever a one-trick pony, he had an award-winning spell as tv's favorite detective jack frost, took a country jaunt as pop larkin in the darling buds of 05, and even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rodent in the much-loved children's show danger mousebook condition: used; very good, signed with dedication on title page, very slight bending on dust jacket, contents clean and unmarkedit wasn't until , kitted out with a sheepskin jacket, a flat cap, and a clapped-out reliant regal, that david found the part that would capture the nation's hearts: the beloved derek "del boy" trotter in only fools and horsessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedition, 392pp, hardbackgiving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself working with the leading lights of british comedy in the s and s: eric idle, michael palin, bob monkhouse, and ronnie barkerbarker would become a mentor to david, leading to hugely successful stints in porridge and open all hoursas del boy would say, it's all cushtyhe's been a shopkeeper and a detective inspector, a crime-fighter and a market trader, and he ain't finished yetoxfam bookshop beverley the long-awaited autobiography of one of britain's best-loved actors born the son of a billingsgate market porter at the height of world war ii, david jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing
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David's is a touching, funny, and warm-hearted story, which charts the course of his incredible five decades at the top of the entertainment businessbut life hasn't all been so easy: from missing out on a key role in dad's army to nearly drowning in a freak diving accident, david has had his fair share of ups and downs, and has lost some of his nearest and dearest along the waynever a one-trick pony, he had an award-winning spell as tv's favorite detective jack frost, took a country jaunt as pop larkin in the darling buds of 05, and even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rodent in the much-loved children's show danger mouseit wasn't until , kitted out with a sheepskin jacket, a flat cap, and a clapped-out reliant regal, that david found the part that would capture the nation's hearts: the beloved derek "del boy" trotter in only fools and horsesthe long-awaited autobiography of one of britain's best-loved actors born the son of a billingsgate market porter at the height of world war ii, david jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregiving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself working with the leading lights of british comedy in the s and s: eric idle, michael palin, bob monkhouse, and ronnie barkerbarker would become a mentor to david, leading to hugely successful stints in porridge and open all hoursas del boy would say, it's all cushtyhe's been a shopkeeper and a detective inspector, a crime-fighter and a market trader, and he ain't finished yet
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Jan morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as venice, coronation everest, hong kong, spain, manhattan '45, a writer's world and the pax britannica trilogyoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells in a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, jan morris - a constant traveller - has produced a unique portrait of the twentieth centuryhav, her novel, was shortlisted for the booker prize and the arthur cand, as ever, she displays her unique and inimitable literary style, at once funny, wise and sad'a glorious compendium of adventure and wisdom' pico iyer see oxfam website for delivery information read moreranging from new york to venice, sydney to berlin, and the middle east to south africa, jan morris was a witness to such seminal moments as the eichmann trial, the first ascent of everest, the fall of the berlin wall and the handover of hong kongoffering a tremendously perceptive and highly personal view of the world, she is as much concerned with conveying the 'feel' of these moments as the events themselves
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The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in america some forty years later that it came to light and became blood red snowthis book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honour the memory of those who perishedmilitary illustrateda horrifying personal story of world war ii's most savage frontlater, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit, their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and deaththe author's excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the russian steppe is obvioussee oxfam website for delivery information read moregunter koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leaveoxfam bookshop cheltenham for anyone seeking to understand the experiences of the ordinary german soldier during world war ii, blood red snow provides an excellent starting pointmilitary book clubhe is also posted to romania and italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the eastern front
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This is the story of these devastating three decades of war, through the eyes of the men who were shaped by the battles of world war i and came to command a world on the brink of disaster decades latercharles de gaullebenito mussolininumber of discs: 5 region 0 language: english 300 minutes running time see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand so it happens that the most iconic figures of wwii, the household names that we associate with either battlefield glory or murderous fascism, were themselves caught up in both conflictsoxfam books & music romsey 3 disc box set featuring roosevelt, churchill, stalin and hilter disc 1 - the rising tide, the storm explodes, disc 2 - trial by fire, the price of glory, disc 3 never surrender, peace at last with just over 20 years separating the two most cataclysmic conflicts of the twentieth century wwi and wwii many historians argue that they were not separate wars, but one bloody continuum that first gripped the people of europe but eventually spread across the entire globebefore they were giants, they were infantrymen and privates in the 'war to end all wars'douglas macarthur
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This disk is nearly perfectthe title is now that's what i call music! decades - the deluxe editioncd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versionsit should play perfectlythe shoop shoop song
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The fifty-year mission is a no-holds-barred oral history of five decades of star trek, told by the people who were therethe original star trek series debuted in and has spawned five tv series spin-offs and a dozen feature films, with an upcoming one from paramount arriving in
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Musselwhite would go on to create a formidable discography, but there's a special fire to these first solo outings that blazes through several decades laterharmonica wizard charlie musselwhite recorded three albums for the vanguard label at the beginning of his solo career, and vanguard visionaries culls 10 cuts from those discs
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Three decades later, chiara lives alone in rome, a self-contained, self-possessed woman working as a translator and to all appearances quite content with a life which revolves around work, friends, music and the theatregradually we learn of the havoc wrought on chiara, her family and her friends by the boy she rescued, and how he eventually broke her heartoxfam bookshop cheltenham a grey dawn in : on a street in rome, two young women, complete strangers to each other, lock eyes for a single momentloudly claiming the woman's son as her own nephew, she demands his immediate return; only as the trucks depart does she begin to realize what she has donethe other has been herded on to a truck with her husband and their young children, and will shortly be driven off into the darknessone of the women, chiara ravello, is about to flee the occupied city for the safety of her grandparents' house in the hillssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe is twenty-seven, single, with a sister who needs her constant care, a hazardous journey ahead of her, and now a child in her charge - a child with no papers who refuses to speak and gives every indication that he will bolt at the first opportunityin that endless-seeming moment, before she has time to think about what she is doing, chiara makes a decision that changes her life for everand when she receives a phone call from a teenage girl named maria, claiming to be daniele's daughter, chiara knows that it is time for her to face up to the pastbut always in the background is the shadow of daniele, the boy from the truck, whose absence haunts her every momentthis epic novel is an unforgettably powerful, suspenseful, heartbreaking and inspiring tale of love, loss and war's reverberations down the years
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Two decades later, alasdair and rachel are sent to the windswept isle of lewis to live with tormod in his traditional backhouse home, a world away from the glasgow of their earliest years he was on board hmy iolaire when it smashed into rocks and sank, killing some two hundred servicemen on the very last leg of their long journey home from war for tormod a man unlike others, with artistry in his fingertips - the disaster would mark him indelibly their grandfather is kind, compassionate, but still deeply affected y the remarkable true story of the iolaire shipwreck - by the selfless heroism and desperate tragedy he witnessedoxfam bookshop st albans tormod morrison was there that terrible night  see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Three decades later zimbabwe became the focus of international attention for different reasons: acrimonious racial relations, controversial elections, economic hardship and military intervention in drc see oxfam website for delivery information read more the book is in good condition some stains on the sidealao argues that this unfortunate transition is intrinsically linked to the ways in which mugabe used the politics of domestic and external security to his own gain and how a freedom fighter transformed into an imprudent autocrat and international pariahin the newly independent and democratic zimbabwe was a beacon of hope in a troubled region
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Two decades later, graham is a single father trying to protect his son from the rigours of the modern worldit was love at first sight, and teenage life was never going to be the same againwhat happened in those years in between? how did something so perfect go so tragically wrong? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeverything has changed, and the innocence has long goneoxfam bookshop royal exchange square graham melton was a normal fifteen-year-old until he met charlotte marshall over a can of warm lager at his best friend's party in
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decades later, in the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, paul is haunted by a secretwhen an old friend from the bauhaus resurfaces, he must finally break his silencebut paul is not the only one vying for her affections, and soon an insidious rivalry takes rootas political tensions escalate in germany, the bauhaus finds itself under threat, and the group begins to disintegrate under the pressure of its own betrayals and love affairsoxfam books & music hereford , paul beckermann arrives at the bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow studentssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeccentric and alluring, the more time paul spends with his new friends the closer they become, and the deeper he falls in love with the mesmerising charlottefrom the author of the award-winning mrs hemingway, naomi wood's the hiding game is a beautifully written, powerful and suspenseful novel about the dangerously fine line between love and obsession, set against the most turbulent era of our recent past
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Korea's achievement of moving from one of the world's poorest countries as recently as the early s to the ranks of the ten biggest economies only four decades later has rightly attracted interest from policymakers and scholars alikein this way, the book highlights the political power of business, which is often underplayed in discussions of the development of koreaoxfam bookshop beverley south korea is often cited as a case of miraculous transformation from poverty to prosperitythis book identifies the factors that shaped relations between the state and big business in korea, the 'developmental alliance'these factors offer a cogent framework in which to identify and predict changes in power relations between government and businessbook condition: very good, bumping to tail and corners see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also sheds light on the constraints on policymakers during modernisation, and how power is shared among a small number of powerful partiesrather than merely offering a means of explaining the rapid-growth phase of korean development, the politics of the developmental alliance also help us understand how and why the korean miracle turned to crisis in and why the subsequent recovery has been so uneven
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Seven decades later in new york, on her twelfth birthday anna rosen receives a package from hannah, the great-aunt she never met but who raised her deceased fatheroxfam bookshop brigg the german girl sweeps from berlin at the brink of wwii to cuba on the cusp of revolution, to new york in the wake of september 11th, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day havanaa glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the st louis, a transatlantic liner that promises jews safe passage to cubabut now the streets of berlin are draped in swastikas and hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once considered homebefore everything changed, hannah rosenthallived a charmed life'the german girltells a horrific story in profoundly human terms, and one ends up totally gripped and absorbed in the history' julia neuberger, author of on being jewish see oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on a true story, this wonderful novel gives voice to the joys and sorrows of generations of exiles, forever seeking a place called homeanna and her mother immediately travel to cuba to meet this elderly relative, and for the first time hannah tells them the untold story of her voyage on the st louisthe rosenthals sell everything to fund visas and ticketsat first the liner feels like luxury, but as they travel the circumstances of war change, and it soon becomes their prison
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Originally written and produced by michael valvano for lou west’s solid gold records and – two decades later – issued on the eclectic outta sight logolabel – outta sight () catalogue # oscd012 format - cd album condition – new & sealed - release information - the first ever release for this stellar soul album recorded in albuquerque, new mexico, circavalvano worked with many acts at hitsville and also recorded two solo albums which sadly never saw a releasemichael valvano was the first white act signed to motown, aged just seventeen, with his band mike & the modifiersthis project showcases his rounded musical talents creating a fluid, soulful, masterpiece that reflects the soul/disco/funk style of the late 70s with a nod at its 60s roots
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Polish carols (20), for voice & piano (later also with female chorus & orchestra): hey! we rejoice nowpolish carols (20), for voice & piano (later also with female chorus & orchestra): when the christ to us is born
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140 x 140 x new plus five days! we built it in one day and took it out five days later to put in a longer one to make the opening widercatnic box lintel
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nearly new fridge freezer was bought for my flat but moved out a few months later so the fridge freezer has been in storage for the past few monthsthis is on the freezer door on the left want a quick sale and the item is currently in storage near great dunmowall specifications can be found on currys website if you search for " logik lfc55w fridgefreezerone small scratch from moving the item from the van to the storage unit
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nearly new fridge freezer was bought for my flat but moved out a few months later so the fridge freezer has been in storage for the past few monthsa want a quick sale and the item is currently in storage near great dunmowall specifications can be found on currys website if you search for “ logik lfc55w fridgefreezerone small scuff on fridge freezer door which was caused by transporting it
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